Simviation Forum - Russian flying fortress wanted!

Aug 24^th, 2011 at 11:30am

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Here is the aircraft I was hoping maybe somebody would like to design

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Iiwd-_uCLQ&feature=related

I think it would be a really cool plane that probably a lot of people would be intrested in... well at least I am Wink

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Reply #1 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 1:30pm

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That would be really hard considering that the plane crashed before anyone could take a good picture Undecided

. But the guns look really cool. Wonder what would happen if they were all shooting at the same time Wink

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Reply #2 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 3:17pm

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This is a well known fake.

That plane never existed.

cheers,
Joe

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Reply #3 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 4:07pm

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JoBee wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 3:17pm:

This is a well known fake.

That plane never existed.

cheers,
Joe

It doesn't really matter if it ever existed, there were probably designs for it. Heck, the Nazis designed huge space stations and a few spaceplanes, and even built ballistic missiles half a century before any of them were practical.

And the Russians did have similar designs that flew, like the Tupolev ANT-20 Максим Горький. The only reason that just two were built was that Stalin "purged" all the capable engineers.

Anyway, I'd fly the thing in the video, or the ANT-20, or any of the TB series aircraft.

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Reply #4 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 6:38pm

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JoBee wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 3:17pm:

This is a well known fake.

That plane never existed.

cheers,
Joe

Well That's burst my bubble Sad

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Reply #5 - Aug 25^th, 2011 at 2:31pm

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im trying to find the article from the new york times, but i think this plane actually did exist. the Youtube video I think was an exagerated model, because the original design had 6 engines in the front, and 1 pusher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7

http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-largest-aircraft-from-1930-giant-russian-k-7-flying...
EDIT -- Wrong photo

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Reply #6 - Aug 26^th, 2011 at 11:36am

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michaelb15 wrote on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 2:31pm:

im trying to find the article from the new york times, but i think this plane actually did exist. the Youtube video I think was an exagerated model, because the original design had 6 engines in the front, and 1 pusher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7

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EDIT -- Wrong photo

Looks Real

Renè

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Reply #7 - Aug 26^th, 2011 at 1:43pm